DLNA Releases Interoperability Guidelines

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) announced that it has released new Interoperability Guidelines for the playback of commercial video.

Panasonic and XpanD Forge 3D Eyewear Specification

Panasonic and XpanD announced their new M-3DI specification, which details a common communication protocol between 3D active-shutter eyewear products and 3D-capable TVs, front projectors, computers and cinema systems.

CEA Ponders Standard for 3D Glasses

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that it is soliciting proposals to create a standard for active shutter 3D glasses that use an infrared (IR) synchronized interface.

DVB Approves GEM v1.3 Interactivity Specification

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) announced that the industry consortium’s steering board has approved version 1.3 of its Globally Executable MHP (GEM) specification.

ECMA Publishes CD and DVD Lifetime Test Standard

ECMA International announced that it has published a new standard that specifies an accelerated aging test method for estimating the lifetime of the retrievability of information stored on recordable and rewritable CD (CD-R/RW) and DVD (DVD±R/RW/RAM) discs.

DVB Approves 3D Television Specification

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) announced that the industry consortium’s steering board has approved the DVB-3DTV specification for frame compatible plano-stereoscopic (left/right) 3D television services.